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Book Reviews

The Origin Story of India’s States /
The Origin Story of India’s States
Venkataraghavan Subha Srinivasan
Mapping the Nation

A behind-the-scenes account of the creation of India’s states and Union Territories

Diary of an Italian Artist in India: Synchrony of Opposites /
Diary of an Italian Artist in India: Synchrony of Opposites
Simona Bocchi
Eat, Love, Sculpt

An Italian artist travels across timeframes and cultures in the East

The Forty-Year War in Afghanistan: A Chronicle Foretold /
The Forty-Year War in Afghanistan: A Chronicle Foretold
Tariq Ali
Dateline History

Tariq Ali reports from the fault lines of Afghanistan to make sense of its current trauma

Nehru: The Debates That Defined India /
Nehru: The Debates That Defined India
Tripurdaman Singh and Adeel Hussain
Nehru: The Idealist and the Realist

The seamless contradictions of Jawaharlal Nehru

God: An Anatomy /
God: An Anatomy
Francesca Stavrakopoulou
The Shape of God

An anatomical study of the Biblical God makes the divine intimately human

A Venetian at The Mughal Court: The Life and Adventures of Nicolò Manucci  /
A Venetian at The Mughal Court: The Life and Adventures of Nicolò Manucci
Marco Moneta | Translated by Elisabetta Gnecchi Ruscone
The Diplomat Doctor

The Venetian who chronicled the Mughal Empire

Radiant Fugitives /
Radiant Fugitives
Nawaaz Ahmed
Remorse and Reconciliation

A queer-themed novel about immigrants, spanning Chennai to San Francisco

The Unforgiving City and Other Stories /
The Unforgiving City and Other Stories
Vasudhendra | Translated by Mysore Nataraja
From Bellary and Bangalore

Kannada author Vasudhendra’s short stories about city and village life are rife with cynicism and social satire

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